The Columbian ground squirrels communicate with each other with high-pitched calls, usually alarm calls to warn other squirrels about predators. They watch for predators that include coyotes, bears, marten, badgers, mountain lions, red-tailed hawks, snakes, bobcats and eagles.
Photos courtesy of DON BARTLING
May 14, 2020
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Columbian ground squirrels emerge from hibernation
“If we had a keen vision of all that is ordinary in human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow or the squirrel’s heart beat, and we should die of that roar which is the other side of silence.”